Kanik Does It Again

So, some GOOD updates on the K-man today: 

1) Kanik's endoscopy went really well yesterday.  He only had a small portion of his esophagus that needed banding and will not need to receive another endoscopy for three months.  

2) Kanik worked REALLY hard to get his protein levels up, so he could participate in this third medical trial and found out today that Five Guys burgers really did the trick.  Kanik will be able to take part in this trial, which begins tomorrow.  Similar to the last trial, the drug that will be administered to Kanik will not be chemotherapy but, rather, a drug called GC33, which is "an antibody that targets a protein called GPC3 and triggers an immune response against GPC3-expressing cancer cells."  (For more information about the study, please go to this link:  http://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/trial/12-145).

Kanik will get injections for this trial for the next three Tuesdays and then will receive injections every other week.  The trial will last for 12 weeks, but Kanik may be able to continue receiving the injections after that point (we'll keep you posted on that).

3) Kanik also found out he gained three pounds this week, after his weight had been holding steady.  (Again, thanks to Five Guys.)

Thank you for supporting Kanik this week, when he really needed it.  He's about to start a new phase of his treatment and will, obviously, need this continued support (in the forms of phone calls, emails, texts and perhaps the occasional drop-by visits).  More updates as this trial gets underway.